A few years ago a forr student contacted on Facebook. When he
found out that I would be speaking at a conference in Atlanta he said
he wanted to see . He and his wife picked up wife and I and took
us out to a restaurant. He treated us to dinner to thank for all
that I had done for him. He said " Mr. Blungarten, rember when I
was in your Social Studies class in the eighth grace and you said, "
Isaiah you are either going to be politician or lawyer." He went on to
ntion involvent in getting him into the ABC Program (A
Better Chance)

A
Better Chance took Isaiah out of the violence ridden
East New York
neighborhoodand enrolled
him in a boarding school in Massachusetts. He went on to college and
graduated from Columbia Law School. Today, Isaiah is a successful
lawyer and proud father.

Teacher Notes:

There were tis in class when a dispute would occur and
to settle things I would organize a trial on the spot. This
process actually worked and preventing things from getting out of
hand.